Amend CSSB 1486 by adding the following appropriately
numbered sections and renumbering the existing sections as
appropriate:
      SECTION _____.  Section 34.003, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e)
to read as follows:
      (b)  To transport students in connection with school
activities other than on school bus routes to and from school:
            (1)  only school buses or motor<,> buses <chartered
from motor bus companies, or district-owned buses meeting the
safety standards prescribed for vehicles used by motor bus
companies> may be used to transport 15 <10> or more students in any
one vehicle; and
            (2)  passenger cars or passenger vans may be used to
transport fewer than 15 <10> students.
      (c)  In all circumstances in which passenger cars or
passenger vans are used to transport students, the operator of the
vehicle shall ensure that the number of passengers in the vehicle
does not exceed the designed capacity of the vehicle and that each
passenger is secured by a safety belt.
      (d)  In this section, "passenger van" means a motor vehicle,
other than a motorcycle or passenger car, used to transport persons
and designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the
driver.
      (e)  "Motor bus" means a vehicle designed to transport more
than 15 passengers, including the driver.
      SECTION _____.  Section 34.004, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      Sec. 34.004.  STANDING CHILDREN.  A school district may not
require or allow a child to stand on a school bus or passenger van
that is in motion.
      SECTION _____.  SECTION 34.003, Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies beginning with the 1997-1998 school year.